Smoky-fronted Tody-Flycatcher

The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher (Poecilotriccus fumifrons) is a species of bird in the family Tyrannidae, the tyrant flycatchers. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Suriname, and Venezuela. == Taxonomy and systematics == The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher was originally described in 1853 as Todirostrum fumifrons. Following a 1988 publication, taxonomic systems moved fumifrons and several other species from Todirostrum to genus Poecilotriccus. By the early twenty-first century genus Poecilotriccus had species called both "tody-tyrant" and "tody-flycatcher" so taxonomic systems began renaming the "tyrants" to "flycatcher". The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher shares genus Poecilotriccus with 11 other species. It and the rusty-fronted tody-flycatcher (P. latirostris) form a superspecies. The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher has two subspecies, the nominate P. f. fumifrons (Hartlaub, 1853) and P. f. penardi (Hellmayr, 1905). == Description == The smoky-fronted tody-flycatcher is about 9 cm (3.5 in) long and weighs 6 to 7.2 g (0.21 to 0.25 oz). The sexes and the two subspecies have the same plumage. Adults have a smoky-gray forehead ("front") and an olive crown. Their face is mostly olive with dull buffish white above the lores and around the eye. Their back, rump, and uppertail coverts are olive. Their wings are blackish with yellowish edges on the flight feathers…